To decide /tu dɪˈsaɪd/ significa decidir. Usamos este verbo cuando una persona escoge una opción, toma una decisión o llega a una conclusión después de pensar en algo.
La estructura más común es decide to + verbo base:
- Decide to study — Decidir estudiar.
- Decide to leave — Decidir irse.
- Decide to buy a car — Decidir comprar un carro.
También usamos decide on something cuando la persona escoge entre varias opciones:
- We decided on the blue shirt — “Nos decidimos por la camisa azul”.
Otra estructura útil es decide that + oración:
- She decided that the class was too difficult — “Ella decidió que la clase era demasiado difícil”.
Decide y make a decision significan casi lo mismo. Decide es el verbo directo: “I decided to stay”. Make a decision usa el sustantivo decision: “I made a decision”.
Decide es un verbo regular: decide → decided → decided. Como el verbo termina con el sonido /d/, la terminación -ed se pronuncia /ɪd/. Por eso, decided tiene tres sílabas y se pronuncia /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/.
La forma de tercera persona decides se pronuncia /dɪˈsaɪdz/, con sonido final /z/. El gerundio deciding se escribe sin la e final y se pronuncia /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/.
Simple Tense
Simple Present Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I decide | We decide |
| 2ª | You decide | You decide |
| 3ª | He/She/It decides | They decide |
Decide: /dɪˈsaɪd/, decides: /dɪˈsaɪdz/
Simple Past Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I decided | We decided |
| 2ª | You decided | You decided |
| 3ª | He/She/It decided | They decided |
Decided: /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/
Simple Future Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will decide | We will decide |
| 2ª | You will decide | You will decide |
| 3ª | He/She/It will decide | They will decide |
Will decide: /wɪl dɪˈsaɪd/
Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I am deciding | We are deciding |
| 2ª | You are deciding | You are deciding |
| 3ª | He/She/It is deciding | They are deciding |
Deciding: /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/
Past Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I was deciding | We were deciding |
| 2ª | You were deciding | You were deciding |
| 3ª | He/She/It was deciding | They were deciding |
Was deciding: /wəz dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/, Were deciding: /wɜr dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/
Future Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will be deciding | We will be deciding |
| 2ª | You will be deciding | You will be deciding |
| 3ª | He/She/It will be deciding | They will be deciding |
Will be deciding: /wɪl bi dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/
Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I have decided | We have decided |
| 2ª | You have decided | You have decided |
| 3ª | He/She/It has decided | They have decided |
Have decided: /hæv dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/, Has decided: /hæz dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/
Past Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I had decided | We had decided |
| 2ª | You had decided | You had decided |
| 3ª | He/She/It had decided | They had decided |
Had decided: /hæd dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/
Future Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will have decided | We will have decided |
| 2ª | You will have decided | You will have decided |
| 3ª | He/She/It will have decided | They will have decided |
Will have decided: /wɪl hæv dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/
